I (vita) am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky. I hold a Ph.D. in Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement in Education from The Ohio State University, a M.S. in statistics from the University of South Carolina, a B.S. in mathematics and sociology and a B.A. in mathematics education from Fairmont State College. In addition, I am a certified mathematics teacher for grades 5 - 12. Currently I teach courses in statistics and research methods, including survey research.
My research is anchored in quantitative research and measurement, with a focus on Survey Research and Rasch analysis. As a result of my research related to teacher supply and demand, I was invited to serve on the Educator Supply and Demand Committee for the American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE) and am co-author of their annual report. I have over 30 regional and national presentations, including a recent award for Best Paper at the 2005 College Teaching and Learning Conference and have published in World Studies in Education, The Forum, Journal of College Teaching and Learning, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, NASSP and Organizational Research Methods. In addition, I am co-authoring two upcoming book chapters, one focusing on multilevel modeling and the other on Rasch applications.
I have served as chair of the Teaching and Teacher Education division for Midwest Educational Research Association (MWERA) in 2004 and have recently been elected to the 2005 - 2006 Association Council for MWERA, am actively involved in American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Statistical Association (ASA) and National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME) and have reviewed for the Journal of Statistics, Educational Psychology and Canadian Journal of Education.
When I am away from the job, most of my time is spent with my three dependent variables. See Figure 1 below.
Click below to see Jamie singing the National Anthem at the Lexington Horsemen Arena Football game on July 12, 2008